Ocean Visions launches Seaweed-Based Products for Decarbonization road map

In Washington, Ocean Visions recently launched its Seaweed-Based Products for Decarbonization road map, a first-of-its-kind digital resource designed to help guide the responsible development and scaling of seaweed based products that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across multiple industries.

Seaweed can play an important role in global decarbonization by replacing petroleum based ingredients in a variety of products. Seaweed grows rapidly without many of the inputs—such as freshwater, land, and fertilizers—that make conventional products emissions-intensive. While seaweed aquaculture is already a major global industry, produced primarily for food and hydrocolloids, scaling seaweed-based products for decarbonization such as biofuels and bio-stimulants will require significant expansion, along with improved technologies and processes to cultivate, harvest, and process biomass efficiently. Ocean Visions’ new road map highlights the scientific, economic, technological, and policy conditions needed for seaweed-based products to contribute meaningfully to global decarbonization. It focuses on five key sectoral opportunities:

·      Agricultural Uses

·      Biomaterials

·      Critical Minerals

·      Food Products and Animal Feed

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